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DE 'LACY E. BALLAM.l

BUTTER MOLD.

No. 585,419. Patented June 29,1897.

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DE LAGY E. BALLAM.-

BUTTER MOLD .Patented June 29,1897.

lINirnD STATES DE LACY BALLAM, or BROOKLYN,

SOIILESINGER, OF

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ATENT NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ELIAS B. NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUTTER-MOLD.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Dn LACY E. BALLAM, of Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented an Improved Butter- Mold, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for shaping pats of butter and for molding caramels and other plastic substances in a quick and cleanly manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of myimproved buttenmold; Fig. 2, a vertical section on line 2 2, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a sectional plan on line 3 3, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a top view of the'machine; Fig. 5, a similar View with the mold-box t' removed; Fig. 6, a detail section through a portion of the moldboX, showing the plungers locked; Fig. 7, a section on line 7 7, Fig. 8, showing the plungers unlocked; Fig. 8, a section on line 8 8, Fig. 7; Fig. 9, a section similar to Fig. 8, showing the plungers raised and the molds filled.

The letter A represents a vessel adapted to receive in bulk the butter or other substances to be molded and connected by a socket a' to a hollow post a2, mounted upon the baseplate d3. YVithin the post d? is contained a vertically-movable rack o', which projects through the bottom of vessel A and .is attached to a piston-head b, that snugly ts the vessel A. .The rack and pist-on are actuated by a hand-wheel c, the shaft c of which is journaled in the socket d' and carries a gearwheel c2, meshing into a larger wheel d on a small parallel shaft d, also hung in socket ct'. Upon the shaft d is mounted a pinion d2, that engages the teeth of the rack. u Thus by revolving the hand-wheel in either direction the piston may be raised or lowered, as will be readily understood. If desired, a spring e, inclosed within post a2 and engaging the rack, may assist the upward movement of the piston, while a pointer f on shaft c', traveling over dial f, may serve' to indicate the position of the same.

Upon the upper edge of vessel A is supported a hinged head g, provided with a number of vertical perforations or open cells g' of suitable contour, through which the butter is to be driven by the piston to form the pats. To the upper face of perforated head Patent No. 585,419, dated June 29, 1897.

Serial No. 622,098. (No model) gis secured a horizontally-movable sliding cutter h, which has openings 7L', that correspond in arrangement'and shape to the openings of the head g. The cutter is operated by hand-lever h2 and is guided and limited in its movement by screws h3, engaging elongated slots h4 of the cutter. A

Above the cutter h there is hinged to the vessel A at 2 a mold-box t, which is perforated to correspond to the head g-that is to say,`

the perforations t" in the mold-box extend entirely through the same and register in position and shape with those of the head.

Each of the perforations i', which I will call the molds proper, contains a plunger or ejector j, which snugly fits its mold. The reduced stems j" of these plungers project upwardly out of the moldboX and terminate in screW- shanks jg, carrying nuts jg. The screw-shank of each plunger is embraced by a slide lo, which is movably secured to the upper side of the mold-box by guide-pins k2, engaging slots 7c of the slide. Each slide 7o is perforated centrally, as at k3, to permit the passage of the stem j, but not of the plungerhead j. If either of the slides is moved sidewise, so as to project with its inner edge beneath the nutjg, Fig. 6, it will lock the plunger j in its lowermost position and thus close its mold 7l" to prevent the butter from entering this particular mold. is moved into its central position, the steinj can pass freely through the slot 7c3, Figs. 7 and 8, and thus permit the plunger to rise and the mold to be filled. This filling will continue until the plunger-head j is forced against the lower face of the slide, Fig. 9, so that in this If, however, the slide` way the plunger-head will form in effect the top 'of the mold. Thus it will be seen that by means of the peculiar construction of the mold-box described any one of the molds can be closed to exclude the butter from the same while the other molds are being filled.

To the side of the vessel A there is secured a shelf Z, which is placed at such an elevation as to engage all ofthe stems j when the moldboX is thrown open and to thus drive the plungers through the molds to eject the pats of molded butter.

In use the cutter h is set so that its openings are brought into vertical alinement with IOO u g and cutter h into the molds t".

those of the head g and mold-box t', and the latter is locked to vessel A by clamp 3. The vessel A is lled with the bulk of butter or other substance to be molded, and the hand- Wheel c is turned to raise the piston ZJ and force the butter through the perforated head When the molds are filled, the cutter is drawn across the butter to sever the molded pats from the bulk, and then the mold-box is thrown open by handle 4, dotted lines, Fig. l, to force the plun gers through the molds and eject the pats.

What I claim isl. In a butter-mold the combination of Na vessel With a piston, a transversely-movable cutter, a perforated mold-box above the cutter, and a series of plungers movable within the perforations of the mold-box, substantially as specified.

2. In a butter-mold the combination of a vessel With a piston, a transversely-movable cutter, a perforated mold-box above the cutter, plungers movable within the perforations of the mold-box, and slides adapted to engage and lock the plungers, substantially as specified.

3. In a butter-mold the combination of a vessel with a piston, a perforated head, a perforated cutter above the head, a perforated mold-box above the cutter, and plungers movable Within the perforations of the mold-box, substantially as specified.

4. In a butter-mold the combination of a vessel with a piston, a transversely-movable cutter, a hinged perforated mold-boX above the cutter, plungers movable within the perforations of the mold-box, and a shelf projecting laterally from the vessel and adapted to engage the pluugers When the mold-box is open, substantially as specified.

5.. In a butter-mold the combination of a vessel With a piston, a hand-Wheel, pinion and rack for actuating the piston, a perforated head,'a perforated cutter, a perforated moldboX, plungers movable within the perforations of the mold-box, slides adapted to engage and lock the plungers, and a shelf projecting laterally from the vessel and adapted to engage the pluugers when the mold-box is open, substantially as specified.

DE LACY E. BALLAM.

Vtnesses:

WILLIAM SCHULZ, F. v. BRIESEN. 

